Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space . . . The Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China's Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to Earth in the wrong spacecraft For now, the astronauts have no safe
A Collision with Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts . . . Wrapping up 204 days in orbit, three Chinese astronauts flew back to Earth aboard a Shenzhou spacecraft Friday, leaving three crewmates behind on the Tiangong space station with a busted lifeboat
Space Debris Struck a Chinese Spacecraft – How the Incident . . . In addition to stranding the three Chinese astronauts – called taikonauts – who were set to return to Earth, this incident highlights the increasing risks posed to China and the broader international community by the growing amount of space debris I study China’s space program